flagstaff

Example Sentences

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When displayed at the same location on separate poles, the code says, they “should be displayed on flagpoles or flagstaffs of the same height” and “the flags should be of approximately equal size.”

From Seattle Times

One, the rioters beat with a flagstaff with an American flag attached.

From Washington Post

Even their conversations are the stuff of legend; see Toklas calling Beach “flagstaff”, a chummy reference to the latter’s dedication to flying the flag of American literature.

From The Guardian

Even Admiral Boom had been known to envy Miss Lark her wonderful house, though his own had ship’s funnels instead of chimneys and a flagstaff in the front garden.

From Literature

Until recently, the capital even boasted the world’s tallest flagstaff.

From The Guardian